The commissioner comes out, walks to the podium and prepares to speak.
Amid the boos that will undoubtedly fall to the stage in Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre when Roger Goodell announces the first overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft on Thursday at 5 p.m. PST, there will be excitement and eagerness.
Not just because the opening selection is being given the key to a city that is being reborn as an NFL hotspot, but instead for a much more local reason: the extremely high chance that the name that will first leave Goodell’s mouth is that of Jared Goff.